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Title: New owner with a question Post by Gerry on 09/23/13 at 11:45:53 Hi, I am a new owner of a 97 Savage that I am converting to a Ryca CS-1 build. I am currently working on the engine, cleaning the out side to maybe paint, fixing a leaky head cover and head bolt cap, replaced the fasteners for the head cover as some were rounded off and one was broke off in the head and I used an easy out to get the broken end out of the head, installed cover with new caps and Permatex Copper silicon gasket. I also removed the clutch and left hand case cover to strip the clear off and polish. Got new gaskets for those covers and installed the left side cover but I have stopped at the installing the clutch cover to check timing chain tensioner. I measured the projection of piston out of the adjuster body and it measured .634". I thought that was close to needing to add the tab to the piston Ala Verslavy. I installed the new assembly using the new hole location and noticed that there was a lot of tension on the chain and the shoulder on the piston was barely showing out of the tensioner body, I would say the piston was close to bottoming out in the tension body and the rachet was in the first notch from the tab end. I was careful to maintain a .625" centers on the original hole to the new hole (as I read in a post in the Tech section). Sorry for the long spiel but my question is should I go with the first hole for a few more miles before moving to the new hole or should I go to the new hole right away? I have attached a couple of photos showing how the tensioner looks using each hole. Thanks for reading, Gerry http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv55/lotus23bsr/Public%20Album/DSCN0740_zps8afc6784.jpg http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv55/lotus23bsr/Public%20Album/DSCN0741_zps2b921ad0.jpg |
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Title: Re: New owner with a question Post by Serowbot on 09/23/13 at 13:52:42 I wouldn't worry about the spring tension... that isn't enough to cause chain stretch... It's the torque of the engine pulses that does the stretching... I would have recommended the pinned adjuster mod... in addition to the extension though... |
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Title: Re: New owner with a question Post by Gerry on 09/23/13 at 16:26:41 4A5C4B564E5B564D390 wrote:
Thanks Serowbot, that makes sense. 4A5C4B564E5B564D390 wrote:
Yes, I am going to do that next. I have a mill and I'll set that up tomorrow to machine the slot and drill the hole for the split pin. Thanks again, Gerry |
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Title: Re: New owner with a question Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/23/13 at 23:07:14 You GO BoY! Sounds like youve got a plan,,Keep those pics comin,, |
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Title: Re: New owner with a question Post by Gerry on 09/24/13 at 18:24:26 Thanks Justin! Gerry |
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